Essays
Directions: Pick two of the following essays and answer them to the best of your ability.
1. The First World War is often characterized a four long years of bloody attrition, with little change in the fighting styles by the belligerents. How much of this assessment rings true based on your reading of the text and other materials? Support your answer.
2. Why were radical political solutions popular in the Europe of the 1920s and 1930s? Support your answer with examples from at least two countries.
3. Why did Stalin decide to industrialize Russia rapidly? Why did this require the collectivization of agriculture? What obstacles stood in the way of collectivization and how did Stalin overcome them?
4. Were their missed opportunities for Britain and France to check or rollback Hitler's policies before the outbreak of World War II? If so, what were they?
5. What were the issues that led to the development of the Cold War? Could these have been solved through alternate means? How?